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Short Summary: In Yorkshire, at Holdernesse, a friar making his rounds, begging from householders, calls upon old Thomas, who is very ill. The wife tells him Thomas is grouchy, and the friar preaches a sermon on the evils of anger. Then he presses Thomas for a rich gift; Thomas says he has already given all he can, but the friar persists.
The Summoner s Tale is interrupted by an irate Friar who angrily argues with the Summoner. Once the host calls for peace, the Summoner continues. After the introduction of the character, the Friar is seen visiting a sick man. After the squabble, the Summoner pushes his tale to further illustrate the depravity of the Friars.
The Prologe of the Somonours Tale. 1665 This Somonour in his styropes hye stood; This Summoner in his stirrups stood high; 1666 Upon this Frere his herte was so wood. Upon this Friar his heart was so enraged. 1667 That lyk an aspen leef he quook for ire.
The Summoner's story shows the Summoner's disdain for the pilgrim Friar and the Summoner's belief that the message the friar in the tale espouses is of a blasphemous nature, one that inverts and perverts the essence of his Christian order. When the friar enters Thomas' house and learns that the man is dying, he sees a perfect opportunity to ...
The Summoner uses the tale to satirise friars in general, with their long sermonising and their tendency to live well despite vows of poverty. It reflects on the theme of clerical corruption, a common one within The Canterbury Tales and within the wider 14th-century world as seen by the Lollard movement.
Summary. Often overshadowed by the other works of the “Marriage Group,” the tales told by the Friar and the Summoner powerfully engage with several of the social issues that Chaucer interrogates within the Canterbury Tales, including medieval anti-clericalism and anti-fraternalism, institutional corruption, the fourteenth-century gift ...
Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. The tale is an antifraternal satire that points beyond its overt narrative to insult the pilgrim friar as well as friars in general. It is unusual among Chaucer’s fabliaux in its scatological rather than sexual content, though its main focus is on clever trickery.
